The Film Daily (1931)

THE 'hursday, June 11, 1931 -zzm DAILY UVENILE CLUB MOVEMENT STARTED BY EDUCATIONAL (.Continued from Page 1) e organized immediately. Exhibitor eaction and average membership of he first meetings will decide how far eaching the organization work will ontinue throughout the year. Gordon White, publicity directoi, vho devised the plan, is today sendng Joe Rivkin to Philadelphia to irganize the first club and make local nerchant tie-ups. Arrangements lave already been made with the rlohner Co., for harmonicas and >ther children's instruments, ana ioy symphony" orchestras will be organized in co-operation with local teachers and musical instrument manufacturers. It is also planned to carry-on a synchroniza:ion contest, whereby each "toy symphony" will compete in the synchronizing of a Terry Toon cartoon, making the record of their efforts on i disc and having selected judges in New York decide upon the best scoring and recording. Rivkin will first visit the dc luxe houses, where he will confer with the managers and di -tribute buttons and Other souvenirs to children, as "bait." "Movie Romances" a Chicago motion picture "fan" paper has agreed to run special articles for the Terry Tooners as a circulation builder. A. H. Worrall, Wm. Warr Merge Theater Interests Wareham. Mass. — Community Theaters, Inc., has been formed with Alton H. Worrall of Onset as president and general manager, William E. C. Warr of Wareham as treasurer and Geo. M. Worrall of Onset as clerk. The company is incorporated for the purpose of managing theaters and other amusements. Worrall is owner of the new Onset and Pastime theaters in Onset which he took over some time ago from David H. Farrell. father of Charles Farrell movie star. Warr is owner of the Warr Theater in Wareham and the Temple Theater in Onset. The new corporation, when granted its charter, will take over the operation of the theaters which Worrall and Warr own. TEN YEARS AGO TO-DAY IN R. T. Kane succeeds Walter Wanger at Famous Players. * * * System Theaters, Inc., new chain. First in Syracuse, N. Y. * * * Famous Players to release 104 next year. Few German films. • • • IF WE had listened to Giuseppe, the Gondola Guy, instead of the Weather Man we could have given you the lowdown on the Rain yesterday which postponed the Golf Tournament Giuseppe believes in Numerology as he explained it, thus "Rain, she have four letters onea, twoa, three, four and onea, twoa, three, four if you poosha togedder maka ten so, baccigaloop! June 10 she rain like hell." and doggone if the Wop wasn't right. * * * * • • • SO WE ain't writing anj ADVANCE story aboul the Golf Tournament this time since yesterday's kolum appeared, we have been subjected to a lotta embarrassment by wise mi'Ugs razzing us about writing about something that Nerer Happened our only alibi is that we were merely following precedent in the film biz and when you stop to figure all the stories niven out by you producers, exhibitors, director-, pressageys, et al. that NEVER HAPPEN! and that we have innocently published in good faith in the li'l ole paper for the last 14 years our Advance Golf Story yesterday was merely giving you film muggs a taste of your own medicine so for today we're gonna play safe Weather Prediction Partlv cloudy, but mostly SUNSHINE, if it doesn't rain, Hail or Snow * * * * • • • FRANK C. WALKER, a director of the M.P.T.O.A . has been elected a trustee of Notre Dame his knowledge of exhibitor Mass Plays ought to help the college football team a lot Conversation overheard outside the Film Center building "Hello, Ike. Congratulations!" and Ike sez "For what?" "Why, for taking over that theater in the Bronnyx." and Ike sez "Ya big sap. It took ME over. I'm flat on my back." * * * * • • • IT'S TOUGH enough writing reviews on a regular trade paper but when you cover the pix for a sporting rag like Al Sherman does for the Daily Running Horse it's sometimes very confusing Al reviewed a sexy pix the other day. and absentmindedly wrote somewhat as follows "Track muddy all the way to the fadeout ...the sloppv going had the "favorite floundering but proving t be a natural mudder, this filly soon had her heels_ flying high this pleased the mob. and they yelled their heads off as she came down the home stretch, well in the lead .but she was being driven hard won ridden out which i~ not unusual for these Hollywood three-year-olds." and they stuck Al's review on the Dope Page along with the Belmont Park Results * * * * • • • AT A suburban house t'other nite, they showed "Public Enemy" it had been well touted, and the house was packed to see the feature and what was the perplexity of the audience when after the first reel they ran a Mickey Mouse, then a newsreel, and then a scenic by this time the mob was in an uproar, yelling for the rest of the feature at last the manager came before the curtain "Ladies and gents.'* sez he, "I'm awful sorry, but they sent us the wrong reels for the balance of the feature." and the gang stormed out to the box office, yelling for their money back now the TRUTH of the story is this the manager had bicycled the feature to an adjoining town, and the gink who was speeding back with in his flivver, ran into an accident, and the cans were spilled all over the highway so the manager ran the shorts, hoping and praying the mugg would arrive on time but he didn't * * * * • • • CARL LAEMMLE, JR., and Lou Baum playing pool at the Empey Club the other day it was ping-pong wotta tough life Times are so tough that the presidenl of a milk company requested his customers to return the bottles dirty, so he could get some nourishment for his family TRI STATE E SCORE 'UNHAPPY (Continued from Pag* 1) condemned, and it was urged that the producers be urged t about it. The association, which embrai the Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, had the most successful meeting in it history, according to M. A. Lightman, president of the M.P.T.O. "t America, who principal speaker. Protests were registered the action of one of the large Pi iliuiug and Distributing Compan using copyrighted paper and other exploitation matter. If this is persisted in the Tri-State organizati will create its own paper exchange and supply its members at cost with window cards and one sh. Aer matters considered include the tint; of a 90-day minimum protect after release date against thea' charging 10 cents admission day or night. This it is believed will give the previous run theaters a fair chance. The matter of securing a reduction in service charges from Electrical Research Products by the Motion Picture Theater Owners of Amei was highly commended and the National organization urged to continue this work along all line-. A general discussion found the sentiment in favor of deferring the buying of the new product until later to enable exhibitors to see better how the situations worked out. Lightman will attend the annual meeting of the Southeastern Theater Owners at the Hotel Ansley in Atlanta, June 15 and 16. Ala. Moves To Modify Sunday Amusement Law Montgomery, Ala. — The Alabama Senate has moved to make the playing of Sunday golf and tennis ]. on public courses and courts in the State bj adopting an amendment t.. 7. to the present code goveri Sunday games. Many Happy Returns « « « » » » Best wishes and congratulations are extended by THE FILM DAILY to the following members of the industry, who art celebrating their birthdays: June 11 Wesley Ruggles Vera Gordon Cyril Chadwick John Holland Walter Byron Gilbert Emery